Watch my acting debut (Odds and Ends #98)

James O'Malley's newsletter 'Odds and Ends #98' covers his acting debut, HS2 problems, AI fixing Britain's plumbing, and Palantir's performance. The post also includes a podcast discussing BBC's NIMBY bias against a Universal theme park and the case against nationalizing Thames Water.

Watch my acting debut Odds and Ends 98 Plus more HS2 problems, AI fixing Britain's plumbing, and Palantir... working as intended? POD On this week, we dig into YIMBY Pod https://www.abundancepod.com/p/the-bbcs-anti-universal-theme-park another example of BBC local journalism having a weird NIMBY bias, in this case against the new Universal Theme Park. Then I speak to Dan Mead from ThinkLabour, about the case against nationalising Thames Water. Listen here, or wherever you get your pods https://www.abundancepod.com/p/the-bbcs-anti-universal-theme-park Hello It’s time for Odds and Ends , your semi-regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen lately. I’m still on holiday, so there won’t be a ‘proper’ essay post for a couple of weeks. But next week I’ll be dropping something I hope you’ll find fun or interesting. And in the meantime, I hope you’ve enjoyed the excellent guest posts on how Openreach might be inadvertently helping Reform https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/is-openreach-inadvertently-helping , and on how Chinese robotaxis could create a big security problem for Britain https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/a-thousand-chinese-robotaxis . Anyway, let’s get on with a slightly shorter selection of links than usual. This time I’m featuring… A video featuring my acting debut Palantir seemingly working as it should do... How AI is helping tackle ‘fatbergs’ in our drains Yet another reason Rishi’s HS2 cancellations were disastrous And another grim example of the BBC’s NIMBY bias The road that fell down a cliff Martin Robbins Before the paywall, I wanted to feature my YIMBY Pod https://yimbypod.com co-host Martin’s lates YouTube video. He’s been down to Galley Hill Road https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-landslide , which I wrote about last year, and you might spot a familiar face if you look carefully… Keep reading with a 7-day free trial Subscribe to Odds and Ends of History to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.